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"We'd like to think that doctors are somehow immune to the influence of advertising, but turns out they're human after all.
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Drug-Company Association Bans Freebies for Doctors
Education Department's 'Emergency' Request for Pell Grant Survey Is Denied
Several associations representing traditional colleges opposed the request and questioned the department’s motive.
Accreditor Can Certify New Institutions Once Again, Education Dept. Says
The department restored the American Academy for Liberal Education’s ability to accredit new institutions.
NYU's President to Teach at Incipient Campus in United Arab Emirates
John E. Sexton, a lawyer with a Ph.D. in comparative American religion, will lead a course on religion and government.
Judge Rules That UC-Berkeley May Build Controversial Athletics Center
The building has drawn nearly two years of protests and lawsuits from tree-sitters, neighborhood groups, and the City of Berkeley.
Student-Aid Administrators Worry About Access to Loans, Survey Finds
Less than half of respondents believe recent federal legislation does enough to ensure that aid will be available to students.
Closed Out? Norman Finkelstein, Controversial Scholar Denied Tenure, Can't Find a Job. | 104
Group Argues That Out-of-Class Learning Is Domain of Faculty, Not Student Affairs | 92
Is There a 'Growing Backlash' Against the SAT? | 59
College Settles With Instructor Fired for Teaching Adam and Eve as Myth | 54
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June 28, 2006
Senate Panel Approves More Funds for Energy Research Than Bush Sought
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee has recommended a bigger increase than President Bush requested for scientific-research spending next year by the U.S. Department of Energy. The agency’s Office of Science would get $4.24-billion in the 2007 fiscal year, an increase of nearly 18 percent over this year’s level. President Bush had sought a 14-percent increase as part of his plan, dubbed the American Competitiveness Initiative, to improve scientific research and science education in order to maintain the country’s economic edge (The Chronicle, February 7). The House of Representatives passed a version of the bill in May that met the president’s request. The Energy Department is the largest federal source of funds for academic research in physics.
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